International Cooperation

Ambassador Nguyen Thi Van Anh, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), presented her credentials to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay at the organisation’s headquarters in Paris, France on February

Members of Engineering Unit Rotation 2 of Vietnam, who are performing duties at the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), have held a number of meaningful activities in celebration of the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) 2024.

(CPV) - Mexico is currently the second largest trading partner after Brazil and Vietnam's largest export market in Latin America. On the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon, Mexican Ambassador to Vietnam Alejandro Negrin Muñoz shares with a reporter of Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper about the bilateral relations, as well as plans to mark the 50 years of Vietnam – Mexico diplomatic relations in 2025.

(CPV) - In 2023, New Zealand supported a series of Vietnam’s economic and social development goals, especially focusing on agriculture, climate change and natural disaster risk management. The two countries are making efforts to bring bilateral trade turnover to 2 billion USD by 2024. On the occasion of the New Year of the Dragon, the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper interviewed former New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Tredene Dobson about the strategic partnership between the two countries in 2023 and prospects for cooperation in the following years.

The consolidated cooperation between Vietnam and Morocco is the result of their shared desire to promote and strengthen South-South cooperation, Moroccan Ambassador to Vietnam Jamale Chouaibi said in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the US Government organised a ceremony in Jakarta on February 7 to review the ASEAN – USAID cooperation with several projects worth more than 26 million USD rolled out in five years.

Merle Ratner, a renowned left-wing and anti-war activist in the US and a close friend of Vietnam, passed away February 5 evening in New York in a traffic accident.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang hosted a reception in Hanoi on February 5 for Archbishop Marek Zalewski, the first Resident Papal Representative in Vietnam.

The permanent representatives of Laos and Cambodia to the United Nations (UN) have extended greetings to their Vietnamese counterpart Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang at the UN headquarters in New York on the approaching Lunar New Year (Tet) – a significant traditional event in Vietnamese culture.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has made a series of recommendations on measures to step up cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) while attending the 24th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) in Brussels on February 2.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has expressed Vietnam's readiness to collaborate closely with the EU in building an exemplary cooperation model for green transformation, aiming to support developing nations, including Vietnam, in bridging gaps in finance, technology and human resources training.

A delegation from Cambodia’s Svay Rieng and Prey Veng provinces, led by the provinces' governors Peng Posa and Soun Somalin, visited and extended Lunar New Year wishes to the authorities of Long An province in the Mekong Delta region on February 2.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 2 exchanged greetings on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year festival celebrated by people in both countries.

On February 1, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of the central city of Da Nang Le Quang Nam hosted a reception for a delegation from Laos’ Savannakhet province led by Vice Governor Lingthong Sengtavanh.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 1 chaired the Government’s regular meeting to review the socio-economic situation in January, the allocation and disbursement of public investment, and the implementation of national target programmes.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) led by Deputy Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Duy Ngoc began a working visit to Singapore on February 1.

President Vo Van Thuong on January 31 sent his congratulations to Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar on his ascension to the throne as the 17th King of Malaysia.

Outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to Uruguay Duong Quoc Thanh on January 30 came to bid farewell to Uruguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs Omar Paganini who affirmed that there is plenty of room for the two countries to further step up cooperation.

Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse Louise Araneta Marcos left Hanoi late January 30, concluding their State visit to Vietnam on January 29-30 at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on January 29 met with former NA leaders, officials and retired full-time deputies on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on January 29 afternoon, starting their two-day state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had meetings with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara and Malaysian Foreign Minister Utama Haji Mohamad Bin Haji Hasan in Luang Phrabang, Laos on January 29 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang on January 29 chaired the ministry’s annual meeting with representatives from foreign representative agencies and foreign press agencies in Vietnam on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) Nguyen Xuan Thang held a working session in Hanoi on January 29 with Chancellor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) Park Cheol-hee.

President Vo Van Thuong hosted separate receptions in Hanoi on January 29 for new Ambassadors of Poland, Spain and Bangladesh to Vietnam and the outgoing Mozambican Ambassador.

Vietnam and Cambodia on January 28 pledged to provide maximum assistance to Laos to help it successfully perform the role as Chair of ASEAN 2024.

President of Vietnam Vo Van Thuong on January 26 sent a message of congratulations to Governor General David Hurley on the 236th National Day of Australia (January 26).

Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse will make a state visit to Vietnam from January 29 to 30.

Vietnam attaches great importance to strengthening its strategic partnership with the UK, Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue told British Ambassador to Vietnam Ian Frew at their meeting in Hanoi on January 24.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on January 24 visited the Vietnamese-German University in the southern province of Binh Duong as part of his two-day state visit to Vietnam.